This looks like more troubles for the embattled singer as it was
alleged that, multiple fraudulent credit cards were found in his possession at
the time of arrest.
The allegation was made on the arrest affidavit filed by two
Miami-Dade detectives.
The singer and his accomplice, Ilochukwu Gabriel, were on
Thursday, June 1, arrested in Miami-Dade, Florida.
The police affidavit obtained by Africa Music Law says two
detectives, officers Vargas and Lopez, laid in wait at the Opa Locka Airport
for the pair.
The detectives were said to have acted based on a report filed
by Eugene Kesselman, the CEO of TapJets – where the defendants allegedly
carried out transactions with the stolen credit cards.
“An investigative check of the 7 credit cards in the possession
of Johnson-Hunga revealed that the numbers did not match that of the numbers on
the embossed strip. This confirms that the defendant was in possession of
multiple fraudulent credit cards,” read the affidavit.
It further read: “Defendant Johnson-Hunga had his
passport along with several credit cards in his front pant pocket. There were 3
credit cards that were in the name of the defendant and four more that were in
the name of William Payton III.
“A search incident to the arrest revealed several cell phones
and laptops that were in the defendant’s bags.”
The TapJets CEO was quoted as saying that none of the credit
cards used to book for the private jet flights was in the name of the
defendants.
He said the first attempt by the defendants to purchase the
charter flight was denied.
The attempt, Kesselman said, was carried out through the account
of Gabriel Ilochukwu but through an American Express Credit Card of a different
name.
After the initial denial, “a second account was created
using the name Emmanuel Johnson from the same cell phone”.
He said they were successful on the second attempt when they
carried out a transaction worth $10, 943.
Kesselman said he knew the defendants were using the same phone
because “every time someone creates an account using the app, the cell
phone serial number is recorded in the company database”.
He said that the cell phone had been used in a similar fraud
incident that occurred on March 24.
Dammy Krane is set to be arraigned on Friday, June 23.
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